Investigation on July 2012 Indian blackout

Abstract

Twice Indian blackouts occurred at the end of July in 2012 left over 600 million of people in the dark for several hours. In these two-day, Indian grid disturbances were regarded as the most serious and large-scale blackout in the world in history. A report has been generated by the enquiry committee which was organized by the Ministry of Power, Government of India, to investigate the factors which led to the initiation of the grid disturbance. Recommendations were also generated by the committee in order to provide the plan for Indian grid enhancement. Further to the recommendations by Enquiry Committee, this paper will give further suggestions to minimize blackouts in future. An insight into decision support requirement for power network operation will be made.